“Stories from Our Neighbourhood ” by Nagib Mahfuz
The lives in the Gamaleya neighborhood observed by a young Nagib Mahfuz. One of the classics of the nobel prize-winning author for literature, the life of Cairo's most iconic neighborhood…
L’arte di tradurre: intervista a Barbara Benini
Dopo avervi portato libri come "Utopia", "Cani sciolti" e "La vedova scrive lettere in segreto", è tempo di farvi conoscere la grande traduttrice Barbara Benini; un'intervista che vi permetterà di…
“The widow secretly writes letters” by Tareq Imam
An Egyptian widow, now at the end of her life, chooses to spend the last days of her life in her native land, where she will discover a new side…
“Utopia” by Ahmed Khaled Tawfiq
"Utopia" will take you to an Egypt where the rich are isolated from the poor and have fun in macabre manhunts; Will humanity emerge or will it also fall prey…
Cumin, the “superfood” of the Middle East
Probably the spice that most reminiscent of India and the Middle East; cumin has an amazing history and that has its origins even before history From the Levant to Egypt…
“The Thief and The Dogs” by Nagib Mahfuz
Our first novel by Nagib Mahfuz tells of a man so blinded by revenge that he decreed his own end The Thief and The Dogs A thief leaves prison after…
Evliya Çelebi
Evliya Çelebi, the Turkish Herodotus
After the great architect, the great traveler. Evliya Çelebi was undoubtedly one of the most complete and interesting testimonies about the Ottoman Empire, analyzing it in all its people and…
Hisham Kharma, Egypt’s most international music producer
Hisham Kharma is not just a "musician", he is a creator of atmospheres able to transport the listener to completely different galaxies, making him experience unique sensations every time. He…
5 books for the summer
For many, summer represents a moment of relief, a magical period of time to spend as relaxed as possible, perhaps enjoying something beautiful. Precisely for this reason we have chosen…
“Lawrence of Arabia” by David Lean
One of the biggest blockbusters in the history of contemporary cinema, "Lawrence of Arabia" will allow us to fully discover one of the greatest and most ambiguous men in the…
